{"product_id":"moneyball","title":"Moneyball","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003ch3\u003e \u003cspan\u003eProduct Description\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eBrad Pitt stars in this film about Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane and his attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003e \u003cspan\u003eAmazon.com\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cspan\u003eIt's amazing that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMoneyball\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e makes baseball statistics seem fascinating--but that's because it's not really a movie about numbers, and it's not really a movie about baseball, either. It's about what drives people to take risks--in this instance, Billy Beane (played by Brad Pitt), general manager of the Oakland A's, who's just had his best players poached by teams that can afford to pay a lot more. Fed up with how money twists the game, he listens to Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), who persuades him that certain players are being undervalued for trivial reasons--that statistics reveal hidden strengths that could, when used in the right combinations, produce a winning season. Beane takes Brand's advice, then has to fight everyone else around him to follow it through. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMoneyball\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e skillfully takes the audience into Beane's psyche. Pitt is in excellent form; it's an understated but magnetic performance, the kind that rarely wins awards but should. Pitt has the physical presence of a former athlete and vividly expresses the mind of a man who's never achieved success but isn't ready to give up. Director Bennett Miller (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCapote\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) shapes the supporting cast (Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, and others less recognizable but just as solid) as carefully as Beane shapes his team. Miller has a few flashy (and highly effective) moments of sound manipulation and editing, but \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMoneyball\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is carried by its superb performances. --\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBret Fetzer\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Dvd","offer_id":45922786574527,"sku":"cc35636c-969c-4abf-9212-7f612936f99f","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/e8afd56430b91fb7fb822ec5246f983c.jpg?v=1785191189","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/moneyball","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}